# DeleteGlossary


Deletes a business glossary in Amazon DataZone.

Prerequisites:
+ The glossary must be in DISABLED state. 
+ The glossary must not have any glossary terms associated with it.
+ The glossary must exist in the specified domain.
+ The caller must have the `datazone:DeleteGlossary` permission in the domain and glossary.
+ Glossary should not be linked to any active metadata forms.

## Request Syntax


```
DELETE /v2/domains/domainIdentifier/glossaries/identifier HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters


The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [domainIdentifier](#API_DeleteGlossary_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="datazone-DeleteGlossary-request-uri-domainIdentifier"></a>
The ID of the Amazon DataZone domain in which the business glossary is deleted.  
Pattern: `dzd[-_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,36}`   
Required: Yes

 ** [identifier](#API_DeleteGlossary_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="datazone-DeleteGlossary-request-uri-identifier"></a>
The ID of the business glossary that is deleted.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,36}`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body


The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax


```
HTTP/1.1 204
```

## Response Elements


If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 204 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors


For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
There is a conflict while performing this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource cannot be found.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** UnauthorizedException **   
You do not have permission to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 401

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by the AWS service.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples


### Example


This example illustrates one usage of DeleteGlossary.

#### Sample Request


```
aws datazone delete-glossary \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj" \
--identifier "gls8m3nqx2wkfp"
```

### Example


Failure case - glossary must be disabled:

#### Sample Request


```
aws datazone delete-glossary \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj" \
--identifier "gls8m3nqx2wkfp"
```

#### Sample Response


```
An error occurred (ValidationException) when calling the DeleteGlossary operation: Glossary must be DISABLED for deletion
```

### Example


Failure case - conflict is data is associated with it:

#### Sample Request


```
aws datazone delete-glossary \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj" \
--identifier "gls8m3nqx2wkfp"
```

#### Sample Response


```
An error occurred (ConflictException) when calling the DeleteGlossary operation: Glossary can't be deleted while having glossary terms attached
```

### Example


Failure case - resource does not exist:

#### Sample Request


```
aws datazone delete-glossary \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj" \
--identifier "gls_nonexistent"
```

#### Sample Response


```
An error occurred (ResourceNotFoundException) when calling the DeleteGlossary operation: Requested businessGlossary cannot be found in domain
```

### Example


Failure case - missing required parameter

#### Sample Request


```
 aws datazone delete-glossary \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj"
```

#### Sample Response


```
aws: error: the following arguments are required: --identifier
```

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossary)